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Scévole de Sainte-Marthe was General Controller of the Royal Finances in Poitou and Poitiers between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His Elogia, a collection of poetry, prose and other writings, offers a first-hand account of the civil wars...
Jean Golein's fourteenth-century French vernacular translation of a thirteenth-century liturgical manual illustrates a shift in medieval intellectual history...
Ce volume, comme celui qui paraîtra en 2011 sur « Les écrivains français devant les Amériques », s'inscrit dans la suite du récent colloque de l’ADIREL (mars 2008 en Sorbonne)...
This study examines the virginal female characters common in twelfth-century literature, defined by their desire for escape and love, as well as their relative freedom to act within the constraints of their innocence.
The figure of the prince as patron of letters seems almost a historiographical topos, with literary patronage too easily considered as cultural politics. However, between the 16th and the 17th century, this image was the result of a slow ...
This collection of articles investigates laughter during the Renaissance. Studies examine laughter through music and iconography, in addition to written expressions of laughter, shedding light on authors and artists...
Alexandre Dumas maintained the place of wonder in the modern novel through themes from contemporary myths, such as unlimited scientific progress, all-powerful money or distance lands...
Horror has long fascinated readers and spectators, from visions of hell in Middle Ages to apocalyptic reflections on modern times. This collection of articles sheds light on the representation of horror, and the pleasure it can provide readers.